Eric Esperne

Eric Esperne

September 27, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Becoming the cowboy: Risk management tips for in-house counsel

Cowboys and cowgirls dont call what they do risk management. They would call it common sense. And you can learn from their secrets.

By Eric Esperne

13 minute read

July 26, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Navigating termination for convenience clauses

Most of us, especially those of us in our 30s or younger, have a friend or relative who lives with someone they love without getting married.

By Eric Esperne

6 minute read

June 07, 2013 | Inside Counsel

What modern lawyers can learn from Dr. Oz

Are you a 21st century lawyer on your way up? Do you have what it takes to succeed as a professional in the age of connectivity? Got blog? How Googleable are you, anyway?

By Eric Esperne

13 minute read

May 09, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Analyzing former Rutgers GC’s performance in wake of basketball coach scandal

Robert L. Barchi, president of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, announced the firing of the schools athletic director, Tim Pernetti, in an April 5 press conference, two days after Rutgers had fired its head mens basketball coach, Mike Rice, for physically and verbally abusing players, including the use...

By Eric Esperne

16 minute read

March 15, 2013 | Inside Counsel

5 ways in-house lawyers can support innovation at their companies

Times are tough all around the world these days.

By Eric Esperne

7 minute read

January 07, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Inside Experts: The 7 kinds of GCs

In two of my past jobs as an in-house counsel, I was the first lawyer to ever be employed by the company.

By Eric Esperne

8 minute read

November 19, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Penn State’s GC was criticized too harshly for her role in the Sandusky scandal

Pennsylvania State University never had a general counsel until January 2010, when then-University President Graham Spanier appointed Cynthia Baldwin, a private practice lawyer and former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice, to the position.

By Eric Esperne

16 minute read

June 11, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Quiz: Do you have what it takes to be an in-house lawyer, or should you open up a beach bar?

A set of 10 questions that will help prospective law students, recent law grads, even established lawyers, decide if they were born to be a lawyer, or whether they should open up that beach bar in the Caribbean.

By Eric Esperne

8 minute read

May 04, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Inside Experts: Striking a balance between censoring your employees and protecting your company’s brand online

My son was born at the end of the Millennial generation. He is 11 years old and owns an iPod and a MacBook Pro.

By Eric Esperne

7 minute read

March 01, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Inside Experts: Getting the most out of a performance review

Its performance review time! Time for your boss to go on the record about how well he or she thinks you are doing your job. Corporate performance review programs set objectives and use metrics to measure your progress towards fulfilling the objectives.

By Eric Esperne

13 minute read